Literally had this happen yesterday with a 15mm nut off the shock assembly for an FJ Cruiser. I put in new Bilstein 5100s for the coilovers and the third fastener is in the back of the wheel well. When I got it loose I didn't stabilize it properly with the other hand and it dropped off the back and into the engine bay with a non-metallic "plop" meaning it either landed on some kind of boot or trapped dirt. I eventually found it though with some help. Someone flashed a light at just the right angle and happened to spot where it landed.
When the car wizard is stumped on diagnosing a mechanical issue, he asks Mrs. Wizard for the proper diagnosis. Mrs. Wizard will not be taken by any crooked automotive repair shops, she knows her stuff.
4 out of 10 brake noise... Audi... Timing belt snap.. Audi...$8,000 for a 1999 .. glad I did not pay for that ... Cam phasers... GMC Acadia.. power steering... GMC Acadia.... Luckily the power steering was just the radiator. Bursted...
AAAAYYYUPPPP I know that sound all too well. I described it as marbles in a coffee can, or when it really got bad on the way to the repair shop more like a couple bowling balls in an old style metal garbage can! That was also the sound of around $1600 leaving my bank account for a used transmission from a wrecked car with allegedly "only 32k miles" and all I know is from how worn the 2nd gear synchro was, it was either in a car driven by a person completely new to stickshifts or something more like a million miles! I guess careful shifting and occasional double-clutching was livable compared to the cost of a new transmission.....
I think the car wizard should do some automotive Halloween scary poetry. A dark shop, a single light, a hood open, and the wizard trying to scare us!! OoooooooOOO!!!
Looking at your ”you tubes” from Sweden. I really do like your advises and I do want to say that Mrs. Wizard is the real star ! Keep on, do continue, let us amatuers get good advises...... even if we do not drive Labos, Ferrearis, Bentleys, RR’s etc. My best wishes for the both of you.
You forgot the sound made by a turbo failing, especially when it has not enough oil... it's a high pitch strong metallic sound of the propeller of the turbo going sideways against the metallic tube
a very Loud Rod Knocking noise, on a Dark Rainy Deserted Highway, Passing a Graveyard, Just at Transylvania Parkway exit. And Oh, just past a Hitchhiker carrying a bloody human head. A second later you hear a very excruciating BANG from the Engine,. and roll to a stop.
The best thing about your channel is that, you are a very talented mechanic. You try to make your channel as educational as possible, I appreciate you sharing your knowledge.
"Was the pumpkin watching me the entire video?" LOL! Actually clicked back on parts of the video to see. It's moved at each different angle change. That's awesome! VT247
Yeah, in my car it's my gf telling me "watch out!" when without fail there's nothing to actually watch out for. And vice versa. No bearing on reality at all.
Scariest sound i ever heard was "the brakes dont work" as we were doing 80mph down a motorway in a merc 190E , wheel bearing failed and the wheel ended up snapping off as we had no brakes or steering, about 3 miles of no control at all before it stopped
I've seen people running down the road before right before this happened. flames coming from the wheel or rear diff. Then the axle with the wheel slides out silently like you pulled a pin. Then the fun starts... Also, rear brakes will always work - with the e-brake. Though you may just about pull a muscle in your arm trying to stop a car at speed with it by yanking on it, since you have to keep the button pressed in to use it manually like that.
@@plektosgaming yeah didnt want to risk the handbrake as with no steering control as the wheel was wedged under the wing everytime it shifted the car went side to side across the lanes at its own will, so didnt use it as could of made the car lose traction even more, Potentially putting a little pressure on the handbrake could make the front of the car lift or lighen the weight that was holding the wheel to the ground, the wheel could of been released and completely drop that front corner on the ground which could catch and flip the car, and it was 6 pm on a busy motorway
@@Nordic_Mechanic normally 2 circuits on car brakes so if one fails the other can still work, however like with us if the brake pipe has been ripped and repeatedly pumping the pedal drains all the brake fluid so no hydraulic pressure to operate them, handbrake should still work but some situations its more dangerous to use it rather then not, Unless its a electric handbrake then it wont engage at all
How about the sound of no sound at all? (Won't start completely dead) Scariest sound? You ask mechanic how much and he says "Keep writing zeroes on the check until I tell you to stop.."
That last one is the reason I won't own a car with an interference based engine which is getting hard to do. I do wish people would quit buying cars with those engines so manufactures will stop making them. Come to think of it, I'm not buying CVT or Dual clutch transmissions either. I've got a growing list of cars not to buy because of long term mechanical issues. It's like they are making these cars to fail. If I buy a car I should do so with the confidence that at some point in time I can reasonable repair it without the fear that something simple can total the entire car out. Perhaps I will switch to all electric or maybe even go classic to the point I can just fix it myself.
The scariest noise I ever heard was not actually all that bad to fix. I was driving my Hyundai in winter and floored it away from the lights (don't worry its an underpowered car to start with) and this terrible very loud multi-frequency noise started. Anyway, it was the AC clutch, has sheered the rubber drive part. When the AC was off the loose centre part rattled around creating the noise. When the AC was on it was quiet.
Can confirm that every Ford from 1990-2001 has a whining power steering pump. They don't seem to break or not work properly, they just all whine constantly. lol
A scary noise for me would be a rod knock from that ford 302 I rebuilt during the last year, I wasted so much energy on it and it's not mine. And A scary noise I herd is a tic/knock noise from a diesel truck I have that I started using starting fluid along with propane, yeah..., to wake it up from many years of being parked. I have work to do before I can use it, and it's a vt275, an engine derivated from the powerstroke 6.0! Mouhahahaaa!! Happy Halloween!
I know this sounds crazy but I had a jacked up Chevy truck come in making the wheel bearing noise one day. I put it on the lift and the second it left the ground the wheel fell completely off of the vehicle. The only thing that was holding the wheel bearing together was the weight of the vehicle on the bearing. I asked the guy how long he had been driving it like that and he said oh about six months. And this guy was on the road with the rest of us. Terrifying.
And hey, why not a third comment while I'm at it? I have an old Subaru with a non-interferance engine and the timing belt snapped on me. It was the least dramatic stall I've ever experienced. It was really, really, really weird. I didn't hear it, I didn't feel it. It happened at a stop sign. I put my car into first gear and hit the gas and nothing. I looked at the gauge cluster and saw the engine had shut off. I thought I stalled it. So I tried to turn the engine and still nothing. It took me longer than I care to admit to realize what had happened. I consider myself very fortunate.
Half-way between Phoenix and Tucson, Kerpow and the sound of the engine shedding shrapnel, then the engine sounding like an ancient International tractor. Thought I'd somehow lost the exhaust. Turned out the 3L Escape had launched a spark plug into the aether. Drove it home as a very loud 5-cyl.
Worst car noise I ever heard was my 1973 VW Thing suddenly blowing a cylinder right out of the side of the motor. Inspecting the engine, I found pieces of cylinder head and cylinder wall cluttering the engine skid guard. I was only a few blocks from a VW repair shop (this was around 1988 when such places were common), so I risked driving the Thing to the place (amazingly she started up and drove). The noise from backfires and the cylinder arm slapping in the remains of the motor were horrendous and the smoke was comically thick. I drove in to the repair garage with the mechanic looking to see what the racket was from. "I think there's something wrong with my car."
Had a 2000 Ford Explorer come in with what sounded like the worst every power steering pump. Ended up being a bad idler pulley bearing. Sounded JUST like a bad pump
On a 1971 Ford Galaxie 500 351W I had a perfect "rod knock" My dad, a 40+ year mechanic and two professionals concurred with me... I even used a stethoscope... i lifted the motor, pulled all of the bearings... and they were all still good. i put the engine back together and the next day someone gave me another car. So I drove the Ford onto the lawn for several months. Then my wife's transmission quit and I gave her the Ford. When I started the Ford, the alternator was seized. I replaced the alternator and belt and the "rod knock" was gone! The car ran flawlessly for a few more years and was taken out in a crash with a F250 Pickup. It was over a foot shorter in the back but still ran a treat. My wife survived the crash because the Ford was so large. I paid $100.00 for the car, drove it 15 years, and got $2000.00 for it from the insurance company because it was a classic when it was crashed, then another $100.00 from the scrap yard. Wife kept the $2000.00 For anyone chasing a "rod knock" ALWAYS DO A BELT OFF TEST BEFORE TEARING YOUR MOTOR APART!!!!! I know, my case was likely one in a million, an absoluter acoustical fluke... but what do you have to lose?
Yup on the ford power steering pumps - 86 Ford Taurus back in the day- power steering pump seized up. Drove it with manual steering for months (must have been a separate belt). My dad came out to help me change it one day - thanks dad.
THE scariest sound any BMW owner ever hears is their mechanic saying "You owe me $$$$$ for this latest round of repairs." It is the financial equivalent of a root canal, but performed by a proctologist from the end he is most familiar with.
I had a 99 ford escort zx2, before it died. It made both of the 2 scariest noises. You explained perfectly how that car died at 70k on the motor. The shop I was taking it to were patching problems instead of fixing them entirely. It's a shame, I really liked that car when it ran well. It had the ford 2.0 ztech, just for reference. That was only 4 years ago.... Damn shame.
My favorite was a customer I had one Saturday. He was getting only an oil change. While draining oil I looked the truck (Ford F150 with a 5.4L)over to see what else he needed. I made a list and then made up an invoice on the Tiremaster program we use. Then I proceeded to call him out to the shop and showed him what he needed and why. The estimate was in the $800 range. he declined any of the work. Around 6 months later he shows up again at the shop. He sees me, and starts the "can I show you something" routine. I go over to look at the engine, and he asks "what's that" ? I explained that since he didn't do any of the recommended work (which included a serp belt and the tensioner), that the bearing had let go in the tensioner pulley and was now riding on the timing cover. It had cut a hole just like a hole saw would. I explained ( after I stopped laughing) that now he needed a new timing cover. I forgot what I quoted him, but, it was big $$$$. NEVER saw him again.
My "88 Turbo Coupe's power steering pump whined for 260 thousand miles. Thank you Mr and Mrs. Wizard! I understand you dont need to make these videos but I am glad you take the time to produce them.
Hey wizard, could you please do full on tutorials on you're grand marquis? I have a 85 and while i have a mechanic i trust who fixes things with a discount, i would greatly appreciate it if you could show the whole process of working on it when you need to. I can't find videos for my model year, but i can find how to videos for any over body style of grand marquis. Also i love you're yacht. I hope one day i can have one like that but with slightly more room and an weather tight enclosure for piloting the boat. Because it doesn't always rain in Arizona, but it would be my luck to be on the lake and it pours when i need to dock. lol
I'll add a couple from my own experience. Failed center bearing on a Audi Quattro AWD rear drive shaft. Sounds like a machine gun under acceleration. Needs to be addressed, but not nearly as scary as it sounds. Second, and most scary. Brake dust shield rubbing on the inside of a brake disc. Absolutely terrifying, but largely innocuous. Honorable mention goes to the braking system vacuum line fed off of engine vacuum on an Audi 2.0t that sounds like a rod knock when the rubber hardens.
The pumps on the Fords just kind of make that sound. I've had everything from 80's-90's F150's, 5 different 5.0's, etc. They just sound like that. On several of these cars you can still turn the wheel with one finger with ease, the fluid level isn't low, and they continued for another 50-60k miles without issue. In fact, on 5.0's, two things can pretty much be known for certain: 1.) The 1800 rpm, sweet, sweet, 5.0 "drone" (Excellent sound. Best sounding V8 noise of all time in my opinion) 2.) The steering pump doing it's cavitation noise or harmonic it does, and basically every "Ford guy" ignoring it, because it's normal.
My car currently makes a lot of scary sounds! That is because the flex-pipe in the exhaust system that sits behind the exhaust manifold/downpipe and infront of the catalytic converter is completely rotten through, so it basically separated at that point. Now it gets louder every day. And it goes "brrb!-brrb!-brrb!" after taking the foot off the accelerator pedal, while not pressing the clutch. Yes, it's quite old (but therefore cheap to fix. I still didn't opt for the new cat+downpipe for 250€, but instead for the new flex pipe for €20, and rather pay my mechanic for welding it in - after all, the cat still produced a good result in its last emissions test).
If you have a squealing belt, take a spray bottle of plain water and lightly spray the belt. If the squealing stops for a few seconds and then comes back, your belt is just loose or worn. If the squealing doesn't change, then you have a bad pulley or something else wrong that needs immediate attention.
My old 86 Honda Accord had bad ball joints and it sounded just like the U Joint sound when you turned the wheel. The woman who had it before me ran it into the ground of course. The tires were completely bald, both ball joints were collapsed, spring was broke, and someone ran the engine hot at least once. And the frigging rotors were rusted and pads were grinding. Oh well it only cost 500$....my brother did work for a dealership at the time so I got the employee rate.
I had a automotive machine shop in Oregon rebuild a 5.4 a couple of years ago and it made noise a couple of weeks after we fixed it. He said that we should just put 15w40 and that would take care of the noise despite the customer paying $7000 for an an engine overhaul. In the end we it had to have new Ford heads put on it because the cam journals had worn enough that they were allowing to much oil pressure to bleed off to let the phazers function.
i recently bought an old '01 F250 and while i was waiting to get it legal it sat in my driveway, i would start it once a week to keep the battery charged..one day i started it and i started hearing this high pitched noise that i could only describe as what it might sound like if 2 highly polished surfaces were rubbing...shut the truck off and popped the hood and started checking things....there wasnt a single drop of oil in it, bone dry
This was definitely the scariest thing I saw all weekend! Great video, will definitely come back to this one (Hopefully for just friends cars, and not my own)
whooo.. heard a few of those noises over the years! Lost a Citroen Xantia (XD turbo diesel) to a broken cam belt. died on the spot. The upside was I got a great Citroen C5 2.ol HDI (DW10 based engine) lasted 10yrs til the catalyser went, uneconomical repair on 15yr old car... Now got 2013 Citroen C5 2.0 HDI 163 bhp with all the toys. like a french rolls royce.
I have 5.4 2005 expedition. It is a (hand me down) car. Its been making the cam phaser clacking noise for over 3 years or more, and its still running fine. But I feel it won't last forever.
Mr. Wizard i have a request about a common vehicle that lacks clear information. The SOHC 4.0 L Ford engine. There is a great debat online of what the noises actually mean and these engines are known for timing chain failure. Or if you could share some tips on how to find out what the real issue is. I know you depend on what comes in the door just an idea to sit on in case you like the idea and have the chance. Regardless love what you are doing the perspective you provide is like nothing else on RUclips. Keep up the amazing work with Miss. Wizard. Btw I've had a timing chain break in an EcoTech. Now you know someone else who heard the sound. Lmao 🤣
I heard the interference engine dying once. It was a 2009 Pontiac wave. The mechanic had failed to identify the pink liquid leaking from my car as Dexcool, the GM version of antifreeze. When the lower rad hose let go, the engine overheated, the cam seized up and destroyed the timing belt. The overheat warning never came on because there was no coolant. No, I wasn't the one driving. The mechanic sourced a used engine an put the car back on the road for $3600, but I really felt that he should have paid the bill. The original problem was that the lower rad hose needed to be replaced and he didn't do it even though we told him it was leaking. How much would that have cost?
More: My Dad finally decided to let go his beloved Opel Kadet 2.0 GSI. The guy who was going to buy it short sifted it and blew the rod bearings. I had to go pick my dad up. He lifted the hood and tried starting the engine, but it was an orchestra of clacking and squeaking noises.
Now is my time to shine! SUBARU OWNERS- If you have a car with the EJ series engine (most 90s to early 2010s and even in some current STi models) and you hear the power steering pump whining, *CHECK THE O-RING ON THE HOSE CONNECTING THE PUMP TO THE RESERVOIR. IT IS MOST LIKELY THE PROBLEM!!!!!* You need a 70A o-ring, 1/2" ID, 5/8" OD, 1/16. I have packs of these things just sitting around because it's so common.
Couldn’t stick around for the whole thing, but it the “Wizard” is and what he says is right on the money. You should make up a real course on this Wiz, about 10 minutes devoted to each sound and the expected origin and circumstances. Nothing quite like losing a front wheel on a BIG overloaded box truck going down Ranger Hill (Near Weatherford, TX) at 70 mph. The “Pucker factor” can scale up to the range of a night carrier landing. Keep on making these YT Vids Wiz-you’ve reached the level of the best public service advisories! 🇺🇸🚗💻🔧💡=Genius=Wiz!
Bad wheel bearing is easy to find, you just need to lift the wheels off the ground and spin them while touching the coil spring. You can feel the spring vibrate if the bearing is bad.
I once heard that last sound - at about 2AM on an interstate. It was a Honda Prelude Si that had supposedly been "serviced" about a week before. No idea if it was related, but as I slowed down and veered to the side of the interstate, something in the engine bay caught fire. It didn't burn the entire car to the ground, but the engine was ...well... toast. That was a very long night.
I just had the cam phaser issue. First the belt "must be bad", $114. Then it was still there later, $515 at my local shop. Now the Service Engine Soon light is on but it runs okay, I have to go 70 mph sometimes to get to work. I can see that from the video that the motor could fail eventually so thanks for the information, I'm saving up for a new (used) car at this point. Maybe I should take it back to the shop but it also needs major exhaust work so it's getting too old to keep fixing all that stuff. Happy Voting Day! Hmph!
Blown head gaskets are almost like silent killers. If you don't notice it overheating, all that'll happen is the engine will die as it loses compression.
Gotta mention that the sound of a failing component can "telegraph" and seem to be coming from the wrong place. ie. A failing differential can sound like it's coming from the front end, and it gets louder the tighter you turn. Or stethoscope a rear wheel bearing and it'll sound louder in the diff.
Just had the internal wet belt fail on a Transit Custom 2.0 diesel. No noise at all, just complete loss of power. Ford say the belt should be changed at 150000 miles or 10 years. Its 4 years old and done 78000 miles.
1991 BMW 318i, complete center support bearing failure while exiting the freeway. Sounded like my drive shaft was going to come through the floor board. This literally happened after I bought the car from the seller. 😂
Oh wow - I'd heard all those sounds before except the last one of the engine self-destructing; what a noise! It always astounds me how many people just don't pay attention to (or don't care) about the noises coming from their vehicles. So many times now I've heard the same kind of response where you _try_ to be helpful and tell them what it is and to get it looked at and you get "Oh, it's fine - I just turn the stereo up louder. Doesn't really bother me." And of course the part eventually fails and while a few admit they should have listened, I find the majority of them have a response like "UGH... Stupid car! I had to get it towed to the shop because it died!" .... yeeaaaah, it's not the car that's stupid.
I have 240,000 miles on my impala. I switched the power steering fluid to synthetic and that fixed that sound. The wheel bearings.. ugh. I replaced the front hubs probably 3 or 4 times. I actually have a spare on hand because it seems to happen so often.
@@ohioplayer-bl9em I replaced my wheel hubs at around 100k miles on my 2010 and have 152k on it now. I made sure to get ones with Timken bearings. So far so good on them. I replaced the struts at the same time. If I do that again I will go with KYB next time. I believe my power steering system has a slow leak in it so I just make sure to check it often. It leaks oil too but not enough for me to pay $3k on getting it fixed. Other than that and replacing the water pump I’ve only had minor problems with it. It’s been a pretty good car. It seems like one of the more mechanic friendly vehicles out there. I hope to get over 250k miles on mine.
How about "THUNK". THUNK is when you put the car into gear and you hear "THUNK" followed by a whiplash like jolt. Shut engine off and go back inside and lay down.
To add: Torque converter seizing because of bad or dirty transmission fluid. Also, the most common engine knocking, a misfire. With Hondas it's bad VTEC solenoid or just low on oil causing the VTEC to misbehave. And if we're already with Honda VTEC, the sound of VTEC kicking in...
The scariest sound of all is the sharp intake of breath from the mechanic when you ask how much will it cost.
And the sight of your mechanic looking at luxury watches and yachts online...
LooooL
My favorite was, do you have full coverage on this vehicle
That's why I'm my own mechanic
That's when you know you need to turn around, walk out of that shop and never return.
Honorable mention.
Torquing a bolt down hard, hearing a snap and the bolt gets looser
well, that's for the mechanics, not for the average driver to hear.
He said scary, not soul crushing
THAT is a terrifying sound
Done that but with a M52 bolt. Each 20 minutes job is just one broken bolt away from a 2 weeks ordeal
I love it when I go to tighten a screw but it never gets tighter, just goes round and round and round
how about Tyler Hoover's voice "Weeeezerd!! I bought a 7 series Weeezard!!"
That's got to be a scary noise for the wizard.
Wizard: no get it out of here
Probably a mix of fear, feelings of embarrassment for Hoovie, and the prospect of hard but probably profitable work
@@markiangooley basically winning a lottery.
Wizard: Take that mess out of my shop! That's what Car Ninja is for!
A scary noise whenever working on a vehicle is dropping anything in the engine bay and not hearing it hit the floor
Hey, I finally found that 10 millimeter socket you dropped into my engine 2 years ago. It's in the cylinder now.
Literally had this happen yesterday with a 15mm nut off the shock assembly for an FJ Cruiser. I put in new Bilstein 5100s for the coilovers and the third fastener is in the back of the wheel well. When I got it loose I didn't stabilize it properly with the other hand and it dropped off the back and into the engine bay with a non-metallic "plop" meaning it either landed on some kind of boot or trapped dirt. I eventually found it though with some help. Someone flashed a light at just the right angle and happened to spot where it landed.
On BMWs there's a lever to the left of the steering wheel that makes a sound so scary the owners refuse to go near it
The optional turn signal package...
BMW engines make scary noise all the time.
*tick,tick,tick,tick,tick,tick*
*sound of BMW owners screaming in the distance*
They just burn through that blinker fluid
They don't want to see the Check Blinker Fluid lamp because the fluid apparently costs more than the car.
I’m an engineer and sadly very few women choose to join my profession.
When a female voice say “interference based engine”..... I teared up a bit. :)
I am dressing as the Check Engine Light on a Porsche. Nothing scarier than that.
Bently..Aston Martin terrorists
😆
Let me introduce you to the mid 2000s BMW V8s and automatic transmissions.
You instantly feel light both lighter and light headed. The light feeling is your wallet giving up the ghost.
Bmw bearings even more scary
The scariest sound is when you ask your mechanic if this repair is going to cost a lot, and then he starts laughing.
Scariest sound i hear is the cash register at the auto parts store going cha-ching cha-ching everytime my car breaks down.
Repair it yourself and the noise looses it's harm.
@@JohnDoe-zr6bk if you meant to type loosens it's harm I'd agree with you, parts can still be hella expensive 😂
Still cheap compared to parts + labor
Labor cost is way worse than parts.
It's very rare to find someone as genuine as you are on RUclips. Keep up the awesome videos!!
That's why I subscribed 2 him, the best!
Lets not leave out Scotty Kilmer.
@@johna.4334 Definitely won't leave out Scotty 💪
@@johna.4334
Clickbait Scotty
That Acura’s rod knock scared me more than any haunted house.
When the car wizard is stumped on diagnosing a mechanical issue, he asks Mrs. Wizard for the proper diagnosis. Mrs. Wizard will not be taken by any crooked automotive repair shops, she knows her stuff.
Cop: are you drunk?
Me: naw just checking the wheel bearings.
do it in a empty parking lot you don't need much speed.
@@CotyRiddle yeah ik, it was a joke
@@smallengine i know but stupid people might take it literally.
@@CotyRiddle yeah 😂
I would have guessed Fart can muffler or Turbo whistle for the worst sounds a car makes. Honorable mention: under watt subwoofer distortion.
fart cans never sound good.
Those aren't problems just stupid crap they put on their car
Being a bmw fans, most scary one is..
"Ding" warning from the dash....💸
Stop, you're scaring the children
I thought the scariest noise a BMW driver could hear is the turn signal flash noise.
Most expensive***
@@AmericanStig-3 i saw a BMW driver with a turn signal on the other day. He wasn't even turning.
No the scariest is the mechanic saying here’s your bill.
I’m gonna watch this video and treat it like bingo.
Edit: I only got 2/10, I’m pleasantly surprised.
Damn, gonna call it now! Had em all, currently only a squeaky bush and a slightly noisey UJ
4 out of 10 brake noise... Audi... Timing belt snap.. Audi...$8,000 for a 1999 .. glad I did not pay for that ... Cam phasers... GMC Acadia.. power steering... GMC Acadia.... Luckily the power steering was just the radiator. Bursted...
Yeah, I got the other 8
I once described a noise to a mecanic as "when I let out the clutch it sounds like a washing machine full of bricks" tranny had grenaded at 8000km
AAAAYYYUPPPP I know that sound all too well. I described it as marbles in a coffee can, or when it really got bad on the way to the repair shop more like a couple bowling balls in an old style metal garbage can! That was also the sound of around $1600 leaving my bank account for a used transmission from a wrecked car with allegedly "only 32k miles" and all I know is from how worn the 2nd gear synchro was, it was either in a car driven by a person completely new to stickshifts or something more like a million miles! I guess careful shifting and occasional double-clutching was livable compared to the cost of a new transmission.....
Damn someone drove that trans hard
I think the car wizard should do some automotive Halloween scary poetry. A dark shop, a single light, a hood open, and the wizard trying to scare us!! OoooooooOOO!!!
Looking at your ”you tubes” from Sweden. I really do like your advises and I do want to say that Mrs. Wizard is the real star !
Keep on, do continue, let us amatuers get good advises...... even if we do not drive Labos, Ferrearis, Bentleys, RR’s etc.
My best wishes for the both of you.
Awesome idea for a Halloween video. Hands down best idea for us car guys. Cheers Wizard. Have a great Halloween! 😎🤙
I had a terrible whining in my car, checked everything I could think of..
Turns out it was the wife.
Oh shit
Lol
Yep that's women these days.
just replace it and all is good,,,
@@rfmonkey4942 😂😂
Just needs a good greasing, make sure you rub it in good.
You forgot the sound made by a turbo failing, especially when it has not enough oil... it's a high pitch strong metallic sound of the propeller of the turbo going sideways against the metallic tube
scariest noise I've heard a car make was a simple "clunk".
A clunk then your oil light coming on is the worst.
I'm chasing clunks in my suspension right now. Not sure if it's a half shaft or a suspension issue.
@@porthose2002 suspension clunks are sway bar related 99.99% of the time.
@@getchasome6230 in my experience, after market shock absorbers two years after they were fitted.
@@MrDuncl yes, tie rod end links can also make a clunk sound. My point was almost everytime you hear one, its sway bar related tho
a very Loud Rod Knocking noise, on a Dark Rainy Deserted Highway, Passing a Graveyard, Just at Transylvania Parkway exit. And Oh, just past a Hitchhiker carrying a bloody human head. A second later you hear a very excruciating BANG from the Engine,. and roll to a stop.
....roll to a stop in front of Pleasantville Sanitarium.
the 5.4 Triton 3 valve dilemma grows new legs and now has a gambling problem.... brilliant...
You can also find a bad wheel bearing if the center of a wheel hub is warm, hot, or glowing red
The best thing about your channel is that, you are a very talented mechanic. You try to make your channel as educational as possible, I appreciate you sharing your knowledge.
Death wobble on a solid axle front end truck/jeep is pretty scary too. The shaking with the "clack, clack, clack" noise.
"Was the pumpkin watching me the entire video?" LOL! Actually clicked back on parts of the video to see. It's moved at each different angle change. That's awesome!
VT247
You left out #11, the sound I hear every time I start my Subaru in winter: piston slap!
The scariest sound I hear in my car is my wife telling me to stop driving in circles and use the GPS already.
Lol or in my case my friend
more like, when you hear your wife start your car
For me is when my wife tells me "Slow down your going too Fast"
Yeah, in my car it's my gf telling me "watch out!" when without fail there's nothing to actually watch out for. And vice versa. No bearing on reality at all.
@@ArKritz84 ok, so that's just not my wife? She flinches everytime we come within 20ft of something.
The sound that really scares me is an engine throwing a rod
You know, RRRRRRRRRT RRRRR PRR PUF BOOM
Scariest sound i ever heard was "the brakes dont work" as we were doing 80mph down a motorway in a merc 190E , wheel bearing failed and the wheel ended up snapping off as we had no brakes or steering, about 3 miles of no control at all before it stopped
I've seen people running down the road before right before this happened. flames coming from the wheel or rear diff. Then the axle with the wheel slides out silently like you pulled a pin. Then the fun starts...
Also, rear brakes will always work - with the e-brake. Though you may just about pull a muscle in your arm trying to stop a car at speed with it by yanking on it, since you have to keep the button pressed in to use it manually like that.
No emergency brakes? for emergencies like the main brakes failing?
@@plektosgaming yeah didnt want to risk the handbrake as with no steering control as the wheel was wedged under the wing everytime it shifted the car went side to side across the lanes at its own will, so didnt use it as could of made the car lose traction even more,
Potentially putting a little pressure on the handbrake could make the front of the car lift or lighen the weight that was holding the wheel to the ground, the wheel could of been released and completely drop that front corner on the ground which could catch and flip the car, and it was 6 pm on a busy motorway
I just replaced the bearing on my car, this is extra scary for me
@@Nordic_Mechanic normally 2 circuits on car brakes so if one fails the other can still work, however like with us if the brake pipe has been ripped and repeatedly pumping the pedal drains all the brake fluid so no hydraulic pressure to operate them, handbrake should still work but some situations its more dangerous to use it rather then not,
Unless its a electric handbrake then it wont engage at all
How about the sound of no sound at all? (Won't start completely dead)
Scariest sound? You ask mechanic how much and he says "Keep writing zeroes on the check until I tell you to stop.."
That last one is the reason I won't own a car with an interference based engine which is getting hard to do. I do wish people would quit buying cars with those engines so manufactures will stop making them. Come to think of it, I'm not buying CVT or Dual clutch transmissions either. I've got a growing list of cars not to buy because of long term mechanical issues. It's like they are making these cars to fail. If I buy a car I should do so with the confidence that at some point in time I can reasonable repair it without the fear that something simple can total the entire car out. Perhaps I will switch to all electric or maybe even go classic to the point I can just fix it myself.
Scariest noise for Wizard is after fixing a POS $500 Mazda the owner refusing to pay.
The scariest noise I ever heard was not actually all that bad to fix. I was driving my Hyundai in winter and floored it away from the lights (don't worry its an underpowered car to start with) and this terrible very loud multi-frequency noise started. Anyway, it was the AC clutch, has sheered the rubber drive part. When the AC was off the loose centre part rattled around creating the noise. When the AC was on it was quiet.
18:00 I've heard this one so many times I immediately know what is happening. And it makes me cry every time.
Can confirm that every Ford from 1990-2001 has a whining power steering pump. They don't seem to break or not work properly, they just all whine constantly. lol
A scary noise for me would be a rod knock from that ford 302 I rebuilt during the last year, I wasted so much energy on it and it's not mine. And A scary noise I herd is a tic/knock noise from a diesel truck I have that I started using starting fluid along with propane, yeah..., to wake it up from many years of being parked. I have work to do before I can use it, and it's a vt275, an engine derivated from the powerstroke 6.0! Mouhahahaaa!! Happy Halloween!
I know this sounds crazy but I had a jacked up Chevy truck come in making the wheel bearing noise one day. I put it on the lift and the second it left the ground the wheel fell completely off of the vehicle. The only thing that was holding the wheel bearing together was the weight of the vehicle on the bearing. I asked the guy how long he had been driving it like that and he said oh about six months. And this guy was on the road with the rest of us. Terrifying.
And hey, why not a third comment while I'm at it? I have an old Subaru with a non-interferance engine and the timing belt snapped on me. It was the least dramatic stall I've ever experienced. It was really, really, really weird. I didn't hear it, I didn't feel it. It happened at a stop sign. I put my car into first gear and hit the gas and nothing. I looked at the gauge cluster and saw the engine had shut off. I thought I stalled it. So I tried to turn the engine and still nothing. It took me longer than I care to admit to realize what had happened. I consider myself very fortunate.
Half-way between Phoenix and Tucson, Kerpow and the sound of the engine shedding shrapnel, then the engine sounding like an ancient International tractor. Thought I'd somehow lost the exhaust. Turned out the 3L Escape had launched a spark plug into the aether. Drove it home as a very loud 5-cyl.
Worst car noise I ever heard was my 1973 VW Thing suddenly blowing a cylinder right out of the side of the motor. Inspecting the engine, I found pieces of cylinder head and cylinder wall cluttering the engine skid guard. I was only a few blocks from a VW repair shop (this was around 1988 when such places were common), so I risked driving the Thing to the place (amazingly she started up and drove). The noise from backfires and the cylinder arm slapping in the remains of the motor were horrendous and the smoke was comically thick. I drove in to the repair garage with the mechanic looking to see what the racket was from. "I think there's something wrong with my car."
As Scotty would say, “Your old engine was used, so why not get another used engine to replace it?”
18:27 - actually gave me an adrenaline rush and goosebumps
Had a 2000 Ford Explorer come in with what sounded like the worst every power steering pump. Ended up being a bad idler pulley bearing. Sounded JUST like a bad pump
On a 1971 Ford Galaxie 500 351W I had a perfect "rod knock" My dad, a 40+ year mechanic and two professionals concurred with me... I even used a stethoscope... i lifted the motor, pulled all of the bearings... and they were all still good. i put the engine back together and the next day someone gave me another car. So I drove the Ford onto the lawn for several months. Then my wife's transmission quit and I gave her the Ford. When I started the Ford, the alternator was seized. I replaced the alternator and belt and the "rod knock" was gone! The car ran flawlessly for a few more years and was taken out in a crash with a F250 Pickup. It was over a foot shorter in the back but still ran a treat. My wife survived the crash because the Ford was so large. I paid $100.00 for the car, drove it 15 years, and got $2000.00 for it from the insurance company because it was a classic when it was crashed, then another $100.00 from the scrap yard. Wife kept the $2000.00
For anyone chasing a "rod knock" ALWAYS DO A BELT OFF TEST BEFORE TEARING YOUR MOTOR APART!!!!! I know, my case was likely one in a million, an absoluter acoustical fluke... but what do you have to lose?
Yup on the ford power steering pumps - 86 Ford Taurus back in the day- power steering pump seized up. Drove it with manual steering for months (must have been a separate belt). My dad came out to help me change it one day - thanks dad.
THE scariest sound any BMW owner ever hears is their mechanic saying "You owe me $$$$$ for this latest round of repairs." It is the financial equivalent of a root canal, but performed by a proctologist from the end he is most familiar with.
I had a 99 ford escort zx2, before it died. It made both of the 2 scariest noises. You explained perfectly how that car died at 70k on the motor. The shop I was taking it to were patching problems instead of fixing them entirely. It's a shame, I really liked that car when it ran well. It had the ford 2.0 ztech, just for reference. That was only 4 years ago.... Damn shame.
My favorite was a customer I had one Saturday. He was getting only an oil change. While draining oil I looked the truck (Ford F150 with a 5.4L)over to see what else he needed. I made a list and then made up an invoice on the Tiremaster program we use. Then I proceeded to call him out to the shop and showed him what he needed and why. The estimate was in the $800 range. he declined any of the work.
Around 6 months later he shows up again at the shop. He sees me, and starts the "can I show you something" routine. I go over to look at the engine, and he asks "what's that" ? I explained that since he didn't do any of the recommended work (which included a serp belt and the tensioner), that the bearing had let go in the tensioner pulley and was now riding on the timing cover. It had cut a hole just like a hole saw would. I explained ( after I stopped laughing) that now he needed a new timing cover. I forgot what I quoted him, but, it was big $$$$. NEVER saw him again.
Gambling sometimes is an addiction.
Some people can't help it.
The loud single death squeak when a motor seizes for lack of engine oil.
My "88 Turbo Coupe's power steering pump whined for 260 thousand miles. Thank you Mr and Mrs. Wizard! I understand you dont need to make these videos but I am glad you take the time to produce them.
Love when mrs wizard chimes in with more specific questions
LOL where's all the candy gone,,,i ate it all 🙂,,Thanks for all the great content Mr Car Wizard, excellent work, please continue. Bless 😇
Hey wizard, could you please do full on tutorials on you're grand marquis? I have a 85 and while i have a mechanic i trust who fixes things with a discount, i would greatly appreciate it if you could show the whole process of working on it when you need to. I can't find videos for my model year, but i can find how to videos for any over body style of grand marquis. Also i love you're yacht. I hope one day i can have one like that but with slightly more room and an weather tight enclosure for piloting the boat. Because it doesn't always rain in Arizona, but it would be my luck to be on the lake and it pours when i need to dock. lol
I'll add a couple from my own experience. Failed center bearing on a Audi Quattro AWD rear drive shaft. Sounds like a machine gun under acceleration. Needs to be addressed, but not nearly as scary as it sounds.
Second, and most scary. Brake dust shield rubbing on the inside of a brake disc. Absolutely terrifying, but largely innocuous.
Honorable mention goes to the braking system vacuum line fed off of engine vacuum on an Audi 2.0t that sounds like a rod knock when the rubber hardens.
The pumps on the Fords just kind of make that sound. I've had everything from 80's-90's F150's, 5 different 5.0's, etc.
They just sound like that.
On several of these cars you can still turn the wheel with one finger with ease, the fluid level isn't low, and they continued for another 50-60k miles without issue.
In fact, on 5.0's, two things can pretty much be known for certain:
1.) The 1800 rpm, sweet, sweet, 5.0 "drone" (Excellent sound. Best sounding V8 noise of all time in my opinion)
2.) The steering pump doing it's cavitation noise or harmonic it does, and basically every "Ford guy" ignoring it, because it's normal.
My car currently makes a lot of scary sounds! That is because the flex-pipe in the exhaust system that sits behind the exhaust manifold/downpipe and infront of the catalytic converter is completely rotten through, so it basically separated at that point. Now it gets louder every day. And it goes "brrb!-brrb!-brrb!" after taking the foot off the accelerator pedal, while not pressing the clutch. Yes, it's quite old (but therefore cheap to fix. I still didn't opt for the new cat+downpipe for 250€, but instead for the new flex pipe for €20, and rather pay my mechanic for welding it in - after all, the cat still produced a good result in its last emissions test).
Another scary noise almost every driver has experienced, is a small child in the backseat who says "I feel sick".
If you have a squealing belt, take a spray bottle of plain water and lightly spray the belt. If the squealing stops for a few seconds and then comes back, your belt is just loose or worn. If the squealing doesn't change, then you have a bad pulley or something else wrong that needs immediate attention.
The scariest ticking from a Toyota usually means seafoam haha (07 avalon)
yeah... or blown piston rings on a 2.4 liter engine
@@melvingibson4525 or the vvt-i cam chain stretch
Or just change the oil more often and never hear engine noise in the first place.
@@Dcc357 ya that's true don't get why people treat engines so bad
My old 86 Honda Accord had bad ball joints and it sounded just like the U Joint sound when you turned the wheel. The woman who had it before me ran it into the ground of course. The tires were completely bald, both ball joints were collapsed, spring was broke, and someone ran the engine hot at least once. And the frigging rotors were rusted and pads were grinding. Oh well it only cost 500$....my brother did work for a dealership at the time so I got the employee rate.
Thank you, mr and mrs wizard. happy Halloween to you both.
Thank you for sharing
I had a automotive machine shop in Oregon rebuild a 5.4 a couple of years ago and it made noise a couple of weeks after we fixed it. He said that we should just put 15w40 and that would take care of the noise despite the customer paying $7000 for an an engine overhaul. In the end we it had to have new Ford heads put on it because the cam journals had worn enough that they were allowing to much oil pressure to bleed off to let the phazers function.
i recently bought an old '01 F250 and while i was waiting to get it legal it sat in my driveway, i would start it once a week to keep the battery charged..one day i started it and i started hearing this high pitched noise that i could only describe as what it might sound like if 2 highly polished surfaces were rubbing...shut the truck off and popped the hood and started checking things....there wasnt a single drop of oil in it, bone dry
This was definitely the scariest thing I saw all weekend! Great video, will definitely come back to this one (Hopefully for just friends cars, and not my own)
Great video wizard. Very educational, and thorough. Nice to Mrs wizard at the end. 🇺🇸🇨🇦
whooo.. heard a few of those noises over the years! Lost a Citroen Xantia (XD turbo diesel) to a broken cam belt. died on the spot. The upside was I got a great Citroen C5 2.ol HDI (DW10 based engine) lasted 10yrs til the catalyser went, uneconomical repair on 15yr old car... Now got 2013 Citroen C5 2.0 HDI 163 bhp with all the toys. like a french rolls royce.
Timing belt issue: when shopping for my new car I made sure it was a timing chain and a non-interference engine. Any cars that weren't, I walked away.
I have 5.4 2005 expedition. It is a (hand me down) car. Its been making the cam phaser clacking noise for over 3 years or more, and its still running fine. But I feel it won't last forever.
“Minor to moderate repairs”.... like pulling the engine out of a Murcialago.
or trying to fix Turbo R for year
Mr. Wizard i have a request about a common vehicle that lacks clear information. The SOHC 4.0 L Ford engine. There is a great debat online of what the noises actually mean and these engines are known for timing chain failure. Or if you could share some tips on how to find out what the real issue is. I know you depend on what comes in the door just an idea to sit on in case you like the idea and have the chance. Regardless love what you are doing the perspective you provide is like nothing else on RUclips. Keep up the amazing work with Miss. Wizard. Btw I've had a timing chain break in an EcoTech. Now you know someone else who heard the sound. Lmao 🤣
I heard the interference engine dying once. It was a 2009 Pontiac wave. The mechanic had failed to identify the pink liquid leaking from my car as Dexcool, the GM version of antifreeze. When the lower rad hose let go, the engine overheated, the cam seized up and destroyed the timing belt. The overheat warning never came on because there was no coolant. No, I wasn't the one driving.
The mechanic sourced a used engine an put the car back on the road for $3600, but I really felt that he should have paid the bill. The original problem was that the lower rad hose needed to be replaced and he didn't do it even though we told him it was leaking. How much would that have cost?
More: My Dad finally decided to let go his beloved Opel Kadet 2.0 GSI. The guy who was going to buy it short sifted it and blew the rod bearings. I had to go pick my dad up. He lifted the hood and tried starting the engine, but it was an orchestra of clacking and squeaking noises.
Also, Wizard seems to be in a great mood in this video and that's awesome. I love a happy Wizard.
Now is my time to shine! SUBARU OWNERS- If you have a car with the EJ series engine (most 90s to early 2010s and even in some current STi models) and you hear the power steering pump whining, *CHECK THE O-RING ON THE HOSE CONNECTING THE PUMP TO THE RESERVOIR. IT IS MOST LIKELY THE PROBLEM!!!!!*
You need a 70A o-ring, 1/2" ID, 5/8" OD, 1/16. I have packs of these things just sitting around because it's so common.
That last one was very scary!
My 1993 Ford Mondeo (Contour) makes the classic Ford PAS pump noise like that!
I love when Mrs. Wizard chimes in.
ASMR is cool.. Whenever I hear Wizard and Mrs. wizard talking, I think of Kermit the frog and Miss Piggy!!
Couldn’t stick around for the whole thing, but it the “Wizard” is and what he says is right on the money. You should make up a real course on this Wiz, about 10 minutes devoted to each sound and the expected origin and circumstances.
Nothing quite like losing a front wheel on a BIG overloaded box truck going down Ranger Hill (Near Weatherford, TX) at 70 mph. The “Pucker factor” can scale up to the range of a night carrier landing.
Keep on making these YT Vids Wiz-you’ve reached the level of the best public service advisories!
🇺🇸🚗💻🔧💡=Genius=Wiz!
Bad wheel bearing is easy to find, you just need to lift the wheels off the ground and spin them while touching the coil spring. You can feel the spring vibrate if the bearing is bad.
I once heard that last sound - at about 2AM on an interstate. It was a Honda Prelude Si that had supposedly been "serviced" about a week before. No idea if it was related, but as I slowed down and veered to the side of the interstate, something in the engine bay caught fire. It didn't burn the entire car to the ground, but the engine was ...well... toast. That was a very long night.
I just had the cam phaser issue. First the belt "must be bad", $114. Then it was still there later, $515 at my local shop. Now the Service Engine Soon light is on but it runs okay, I have to go 70 mph sometimes to get to work. I can see that from the video that the motor could fail eventually so thanks for the information, I'm saving up for a new (used) car at this point. Maybe I should take it back to the shop but it also needs major exhaust work so it's getting too old to keep fixing all that stuff. Happy Voting Day! Hmph!
Blown head gaskets are almost like silent killers.
If you don't notice it overheating, all that'll happen is the engine will die as it loses compression.
Gotta mention that the sound of a failing component can "telegraph" and seem to be coming from the wrong place. ie. A failing differential can sound like it's coming from the front end, and it gets louder the tighter you turn. Or stethoscope a rear wheel bearing and it'll sound louder in the diff.
Just had the internal wet belt fail on a Transit Custom 2.0 diesel. No noise at all, just complete loss of power. Ford say the belt should be changed at 150000 miles or 10 years. Its 4 years old and done 78000 miles.
I have a 2006 camry and its sounds like predetonation but its running and the fuel trims are fine. I think its coming from the accessory drive
Wizard's recreation of the noises was wildly entertaining. He was better than the Audio Tracks. Thanks for all that do Mrs. Wizard.
1991 BMW 318i, complete center support bearing failure while exiting the freeway. Sounded like my drive shaft was going to come through the floor board. This literally happened after I bought the car from the seller. 😂
I replaced 2 rear wheel bearings on a 06 Altima. Sounded just like that. Turns out it was actually a bad tire! It was wavy/lumpy on the tread part.
The scariest sound when you hear the price to fix it. Lol
Lol
Yea that sound can give you a heart attack
Failing water pump has to be up there as well.. heard the whine, lucked out as it let go as I pulled into the driveway. :)
Oh wow - I'd heard all those sounds before except the last one of the engine self-destructing; what a noise! It always astounds me how many people just don't pay attention to (or don't care) about the noises coming from their vehicles. So many times now I've heard the same kind of response where you _try_ to be helpful and tell them what it is and to get it looked at and you get "Oh, it's fine - I just turn the stereo up louder. Doesn't really bother me." And of course the part eventually fails and while a few admit they should have listened, I find the majority of them have a response like "UGH... Stupid car! I had to get it towed to the shop because it died!" .... yeeaaaah, it's not the car that's stupid.
Power steering pump whine is common in Chevy Impala’s also.
Bad wheel bearings are common in these cars too.
I have 240,000 miles on my impala. I switched the power steering fluid to synthetic and that fixed that sound. The wheel bearings.. ugh. I replaced the front hubs probably 3 or 4 times. I actually have a spare on hand because it seems to happen so often.
@@ohioplayer-bl9em I replaced my wheel hubs at around 100k miles on my 2010 and have 152k on it now. I made sure to get ones with Timken bearings. So far so good on them. I replaced the struts at the same time. If I do that again I will go with KYB next time.
I believe my power steering system has a slow leak in it so I just make sure to check it often. It leaks oil too but not enough for me to pay $3k on getting it fixed.
Other than that and replacing the water pump I’ve only had minor problems with it. It’s been a pretty good car.
It seems like one of the more mechanic friendly vehicles out there. I hope to get over 250k miles on mine.
How about "THUNK". THUNK is when you put the car into gear and you hear "THUNK" followed by a whiplash like jolt. Shut engine off and go back inside and lay down.
To add:
Torque converter seizing because of bad or dirty transmission fluid.
Also, the most common engine knocking, a misfire. With Hondas it's bad VTEC solenoid or just low on oil causing the VTEC to misbehave.
And if we're already with Honda VTEC, the sound of VTEC kicking in...